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The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.

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Violet Ice Cream

1/3 cup Yvette Cordial 1 small bunch violets Violet coloring Mix first four ingredients. Remove stems from violets, and pound violets in a mortar until well macerated, then strain through cheese-cloth. Add extract to first mixture; color, freeze, and mould. Serve garnished with fresh or candied violets; the light purple cultivated violets should be used and the result will be most gratifying.

Neapolitan or Harlequin Ice Cream Two kinds of ice cream and an ice moulded in a brick.

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